Abstract The Multiple Traveling Salesman Problem (MTSP) is among the most interesting
combinatorial optimization problems because it is widely adopted in real-life applications …

Abstract Home Health Care (HHC) agencies aim at providing care and/or services to
patients, at their homes, ensuring a quality of service at least equivalent to that given in a …

In this paper, a parameter adaptation-based ant colony optimization (ACO) algorithm based
on particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm with the global optimization ability, fuzzy …

Abstract Home Health Care Supply Chain (HHCSC) is an interesting and widespread topic
in developed countries due to an aging population's care. Home care services aim to …

Nowadays, in the pharmaceutical industry, a growing concern with sustainability has
become a strict consideration during the COVID-19 pandemic. There is a lack of good …

Home care services are an alternative answer to hospitalization, and play an important role
in reducing the healthcare costs for governments and healthcare practitioners. To find a …

Currently, the healthcare of elderly people arouses widespread concerns since the sharp
increase of aging population puts severe stress on public medical resources. Home health …

Today, research on healthcare logistics is an important challenge in developing and
developed countries, especially when a pandemic such as COVID-19 occurs. The …

At present, home health care (HHC) has been accepted as an effective method for handling
the healthcare problems of the elderly. The HHC scheduling and routing problem …

Home health care (HHC) companies serve as the alternative to hospitals aiming to provide
customers with medical care at home. A crucial challenge for HHC providers is to optimize …